Well played Zubair!
I'm forwarding to my twitter and our relevant mailing lists!! Thanks again!
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> From: Zubair Nabi <[email protected]>
> Date: May 19, 2011 5:57:42 PM GMT-03:00
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [The UMIT project] Using Apache Maven as a build manager for Android
> projects
>
> Maven [1] is a powerful tool for managing and building Java projects.
> Naturally, it can also be used for Android projects. For this post, I will
> assume that the reader has some working knowledge of Maven. If not, the
> reader is referred to the Maven 5-minute guide [2].
>
> Just like any Java project, an Android project that uses Maven as a build
> manager also has an underlying Project Object Model (POM). The POM is an XML
> file that contains all the information about the project. In case of Android,
> there's a Maven plugin [3] available that we will use.
>
> The first order of the day is to install Apache Maven (v 2.2.1+). We don't
> need to explicitly install the Maven Android Plugin; That's a task that will
> seamlessly be handled by Maven for us, as we will later on see. After
> installing Maven, make sure that your ANDROID_HOME environment variable is
> set and $ANDROID_HOME/tools and $ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools are on your
> $PATH. If not, do so in your .bashrc file (in case of a Debian-based Linux
> distribution). Additionally, if you are an Eclipse user, make sure you
> install the Maven Integration for ADTs Eclipse plug-in [4].
>
> Now that we have everything set-up, we add a pom.xml to our Android project.
> Following is a general template for pom.xml:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0";
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
> xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
> http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";>
> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
> </project>
>
> We will now add entities step by step to this POM (within the <project>
> </project> tags).
>
> First and foremost, we need to configure the groupId, artifactId, version,
> packaging and name. Similar to:
>
> <groupId>org.umit.icm.mobile</groupId>
> <artifactId>icm-mobile</artifactId>
> <version>1.0.0-test-maven</version>
> <packaging>apk</packaging>
> <name>UMITICMMobile</name>
>
> Note that, the packaging is apk as opposed to the standard Java jar.
>
> We now move on to dependencies. The most basic dependency for every Android
> project would obviously be the SDK. This dependency will be resolved from the
> Maven Central Repository. Assuming that we are using SDK 1.6:
>
> <dependencies>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
> <artifactId>android</artifactId>
> <version>1.6_r2</version>
> <scope>provided</scope>
> </dependency>
> </dependencies>
>
> Finally, we add build information:
>
> <build>
> <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
> <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
> <plugins>
> <plugin>
> <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-android-plugin</artifactId>
> <version>2.8.4</version>
> <configuration>
> <sdk>
> <platform>4</platform>
> </sdk>
> <emulator>
> <avd>16</avd>
> </emulator>
> <deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
> <undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
> </configuration>
> <extensions>true</extensions>
> </plugin>
> </plugins>
> </build>
>
> As mentioned earlier, the Maven Android Plugin will automatically be
> downloaded and installed. It's important to highlight that SDK platform is 4
> because we are working with SDK 1.6. Likewise, the name of the AVD device is
> 16.
>
> Now, we are ready to build our project and deploy it on the AVD. Using the
> terminal, we go to the project root where the pom.xml is located. To build
> the project we simply issue the command:
>
> mvn install
>
> To deploy the apk to the device we use:
>
> mvn android:deploy
>
> Our application is now ready to be used on the emulator.
>
> Eclipse users, instead of using the terminal, can import the project through
> File > Import > Maven > Existing Maven Projects. It is important to mention
> that Eclipse will not recognize the gen/ folder as a source folder
> automatically. To remedy this, we right-click on the project folder, followed
> by properties and Java Build Path. From here we go to Source and then Add
> Folder. We select the gen/ folder and click on OK twice.
>
>
> 1. http://maven.apache.org/
> 2. http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html
> 3. http://code.google.com/p/maven-android-plugin/
> 4. http://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/m2eclipse-android-integration/
>
>
> --
> Posted By Zubair Nabi to The UMIT project at 5/19/2011 04:39:00 PM
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